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Letter To The Editor: Santa Monica’s Greedy Parking Meter Attitude Unwelcome:

August 25, 2012

August 25, 2012

Dear Editor, Recently when jogging by Santa Monica College I noticed holes being drilled into the center of every metered...

Reformers Or Intimidators? Fee Demand Out Of Line:

August 18, 2012

August 18, 2012

By the second week of November, most Californians will probably believe they were correct when they set up the “top...

How Paul Ryan Will Make Us Whole:

August 18, 2012

August 18, 2012

The selection of Paul Ryan as Vice President on the Republican ticket will, I believe, prove to be historical in...

Governor Brown’s Tunnels Probably Better Than Nothing:

August 18, 2012

August 18, 2012

If there’s such a thing as a sure thing it politics, it is this: If the water plan announced late...

Why Is Lord Jagannatha Allowed In Santa Monica While Lord Jesus Is Not: Letter To The Editor:

August 13, 2012

August 13, 2012

Dear Editor, (Re: The Festival of Chariots, Aug. 10 edition) The Atheists of the Southland, together with the Santa Monica...

Déjà Vu On The Initiative Front:

August 11, 2012

August 11, 2012

California voters can be excused if they get a sense of déjà vu when taking their first look at the...

Will Panglossian Poll Stymie Needed Pension Changes:

August 11, 2012

August 11, 2012

The Field Poll is rarely wrong in gauging public sentiment. Its final reading prior to a major election almost never...

Parks Bill Shows Bipartisanship Can Happen:

August 4, 2012

August 4, 2012

Not even the revelation that dishonest state parks officials hid $54 million in reserve funds from budget writers and the...

Guns, Followed By Roses:

August 4, 2012

August 4, 2012

When you’ve been given both the privilege and the responsibility to write a newspaper column piece on a regular basis,...

Dropout Report Better, But Still Has Holes:

August 4, 2012

August 4, 2012

A combination of computerized tracking and public pressure have joined to make reporting of school dropouts in California the best...